If the appropriation for any application cycle is
insufficient to fund grants for all applicant school districts that meet the
grant award criteria in this Part, then school districts that meet the grant
award criteria will be given conditional construction project grant award
status, and ranked in order of priority described in this Section.
a) Districts eligible for grant awards shall
be eligible in the order of:
1) the six levels
of priority described in Section 5-30 of the School Construction Law;
and
2) the district's ranking
within its level of priority, determined according to subsections (b) through
(d).
b) A district's
ranking within a level of priority shall be determined by multiplying the
district's needed capacity as determined under subsection (c) by the ratio of
the district's needed capacity to the district's enrollment as of October 1 of
the most recent school year. The resulting figure shall constitute the
district's ranking, with the largest figure having the highest
ranking.
c) Needed Capacity
1) For each priority other than priority
five, the district's needed capacity shall be calculated by subtracting its
currently available capacity as determined under subsection (d) from its
current enrollment or its projected enrollment, whichever is greater.
A) Projected enrollment shall be calculated
by multiplying the district's current enrollment by the ratio of the district's
current enrollment to the district's enrollment two years before.
B) For purposes of calculating needed
capacity, projected enrollment shall not include any increase in enrollment
attributable to a change in the district's boundaries.
2) For priority five, the district's needed
capacity shall be the number of qualified individuals with disabilities who
require a school construction project.
d) Determination of Available Capacity
1) The enrollment capacity of each room or
space currently subject to occupancy by students for instructional purposes in
a district-owned, permanent building, or in a building leased by the district
if the lease is at least ten years from expiration, shall be determined by
dividing the net floor area (in square feet) of the room or space by the
appropriate loading factor, as follows:
|
Type of Room or Space
|
Loading Factor
|
|
Prekindergarten Classroom
|
40
|
|
Kindergarten Classroom
|
40
|
|
Elementary General Classroom
|
35
|
|
Elementary Art Classroom
|
40
|
|
Elementary Music Classroom
|
30
|
|
Elementary Computer Classroom
|
35
|
|
Middle School General Classroom
|
35
|
|
Middle School Art Classroom
|
40
|
|
Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences
Classroom
|
50
|
|
Middle School Music Classroom
|
25
|
|
Middle School Computer Classroom
|
40
|
|
Middle School Science Laboratory
|
40
|
|
Middle School Science Laboratory/Classroom
|
50
|
|
Middle School Industrial Technology Laboratory/Shop
Not Classified Elsewhere
|
40
|
|
High School General Classroom
|
30
|
|
High School Art Classroom
|
35
|
|
High School Music Classroom
|
25
|
|
High School Computer Classroom
|
40
|
|
High School Family and Consumer Sciences
Classroom
|
60
|
|
High School Science Laboratory
|
35
|
|
High School Industrial Technology
Laboratory/Shop
|
75
|
|
High School Laboratory Not Classified
Elsewhere
|
35
|
|
Special Education Classroom
|
50
|
2)
Buildings and additions with a functional age over one hundred years old shall
be assigned an enrollment capacity of zero. The functional age of a building
and each of its additions shall be individually determined by multiplying its
actual age by one of the following condition factors, to be determined using
the Building Condition Evaluation Form supplied by the State Board:
|
Condition of Building or Addition
|
Condition Factor
|
|
Excellent
|
0.2
|
|
Satisfactory
|
0.4
|
|
Substandard
|
1.0
|
|
Poor
|
1.5
|
|
Very Poor
|
2.0
|
3) As
used in this subsection, "permanent building" means a building mounted on a
slab or a permanent foundation. A permanent foundation is a closed-perimeter
formation consisting of materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block, or
mortared brick extending into the ground below the frost line which may include
but not be limited to cellars, basements, or crawl spaces but does not include
the sole use of piers.
4) Available
capacity shall be calculated by multiplying enrollment capacity as determined
in subsections (d)(1) through (d)(3) by the following utilization factors:
|
A)
|
elementary schools
|
0.9
|
|
B)
|
middle or junior high schools
|
0.85
|
|
C)
|
high schools
|
0.8
|
e) A new order of priority ranking shall be
established among the applicants for each application cycle.
f)
Type 40 area vocational centers
shall be placed last on the priority listing of eligible entities for the
applicable fiscal year. [See Section 5-25 of the School Construction
Law].
